Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 2:1-5
by: Paula Davis.
I can’t imagine how difficult the journey must have been for Mary, being nine months pregnant. An interesting aspect of this scenario that I had not considered before is that Caesar Augustus decreed the census. It was a Roman government process, not a religious custom or ceremony, but God used it for his purposes. It is certainly not in our nature to examine the worldly customs and situations in life and look for how God might be working in them and through them, but he always is. We need to trust him to be faithful to us and have faith that he is bringing everything together for our good (Romans 8:28).